Macclesfield, Cheshire
Q1 2013 Business Confidence Report
NOTICE: We have improved our calculations of the statistics in these reports, so some figures and records may not match previous reports.
Headlines
- February 2013 saw a new record in net growth in Macclesfield when compared to any previous February.
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
A total of 206 companies were registered in Macclesfield during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013).
This figure is a decrease of 3.7% versus the same period last year (Q1 2012). This figure compares equally to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 2.5% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) Macclesfield UK 2013 206 134,802 2012 214 131,491 % change -3.7% 2.5% Record Year 2011 (226) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2013 67 69 70 New companies in 2012 79 54 81 % change -15.2% 27.8% -13.6% Record Year 2012 (79) 2011 (76) 2007 (107)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
A total of 69 companies were dissolved in Macclesfield during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013).
This figure is an increase of 4.5% versus the same period last year (Q1 2012). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 15.3% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) Macclesfield UK 2013 69 77,914 2012 66 67,576 % change 4.5% 15.3% Record Year 2010 (135) 2009 (108,066) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2013 30 18 21 Closed companies in 2012 21 24 21 % change 42.9% -25.0% 0% Record Year 2011 (36) 2010 (43) 2010 (67)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
Net company growth for Macclesfield during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) was 137 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) Macclesfield UK 2013 137 56,888 2012 148 63,915 Record Year 2012 (148) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)
February 2013 saw a new record in net growth in Macclesfield when compared to any previous February.
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2013 37 51 49 Net growth in 2012 58 30 60 Record Year 2012 (58) 2013 (51) 2007 (92)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
In the first quarter of 2013, Macclesfield formed 0.2% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) Macclesfield 2013 0.2% 2012 0.2% 2011 0.2% 2010 0.1% 2009 0.1% Record Year (since 1960) 1993 (0.2%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)
Company Share by Month
January February March UK formation share in 2013 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% UK formation share in 2012 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% % change -24.0% 26.8% -10.7% Record Year 1993 (0.2%) 1992 (0.2%) 1990 (0.2%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2013 was 46.7.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 6.5% compared to the UK figure of 5.8%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 1.4% compared to the UK figure of 1.8%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
The record first quarter for female directors in Macclesfield was in 2005 when 36.0% of all directors were female.
23.7% of all director appointments in Macclesfield in the first quarter of 2013 were female. This compares to a UK average of 28.1% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Mar 2012-Mar 2013)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage CONSULTING 1.62% CONSULTING 5.18% MANAGEMENT 1.40% MANAGEMENT 4.78% PARTNERS 1.26% CONSULTANCY 3.30% CHESHIRE 1.19% PROPERTY 2.44% CONSULTANCY 0.91% TRADING 2.06% PROPERTY 0.84% DESIGN 1.79% MEDIA 0.77% ENGINEERING 1.78% TRADING 0.70% BUSINESS 1.77% INTERNATIONAL 0.70% ASSOCIATES 1.75% INVESTMENTS 0.63% LONDON 1.72% CONSULTANTS 0.63% CONSULTANTS 1.71% DESIGN 0.56% CONSTRUCTION 1.69% BUSINESS 0.56% MEDIA 1.63% SYSTEMS 0.56% GLOBAL 1.57% CORPORATE 0.56% J 1.56% PROPERTIES 0.56% CARE 1.46% CAPITAL 0.49% IT 1.43% ASSOCIATES 0.49% INVESTMENTS 1.41% SALES 0.42% PROPERTIES 1.36% CARE 0.42% M 1.25% EVENTS 0.42% BUILDING 1.21% TOPETAGE 0.42% ENTERPRISES 1.19% PRODUCTIONS 0.42% ELECTRICAL 1.18% DEVELOPMENTS 0.35% TRAINING 1.17% CORPORATION 0.35% SECURITY 1.15%
SIC Data
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Previous 36 months, excluding companies less than 12 months old
sic code number of companies uk companies None Supplied 439 249,183 99999 - Dormant Company 100 43,384 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 74 54,531 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 62 32,624 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 49 16,448 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 37 24,894 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 29 23,532 62090 - Other information technology service activities 20 12,664 47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet 17 7,199 86900 - Other human health activities 16 8,465 62012 - Business and domestic software development 16 8,099 56302 - Public houses and bars 12 4,952 41202 - Construction of domestic buildings 11 5,372 41100 - Development of building projects 10 8,637 56101 - Licensed restaurants 10 6,894 32990 - Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified 10 3,073 74990 - Non-trading company 10 14,129 63990 - Other information service activities not elsewhere classified 9 4,719 98000 - Residents property management 9 4,579 85590 - Other education not elsewhere classified 9 5,062
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